JAPAN PM NOMINATED TRUMP FOR NOBEL AFTER US REQUEST, SAYS REPORT

TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after being requested to do so by Washington, a Japanese newspaper reported on Sunday. Washington sounded out Tokyo over the possibility of nominating Trump for the prize after his landmark summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June last year, an unnamed Japanese government source told Asahi Shimbun. The report came after Trump’s claim on Friday that Abe had nominated him for the prize. Trump said Abe had sent him a copy of a five-page nomination letter delivered to the Nobel Peace Prize committee. AFP